Apple Fritters With Blackberries And Mascarpone Cr... |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This will help you to use up all those blackberries you have picked, and make a delicious dessert too. Ingredients:
1 vanilla pod/or you could use vanilla extract |
500g (1 lb 2 oz) mascarpone cheese |
3 egg yolks |
30g (1 oz) icing sugar |
1 kg (2 1/4 ib) blackberries, washed |
2apples, cored and sliced into rings-skin on |
55g (2 oz) plain flour |
oil for frying |
caster sugar for dusting |
for the batter |
55-85g (2-3 oz ) self raising flour |
enough cider to make a batter |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 200c (gas 6
2. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla pod and mix together in a large bowl with the mascarpone, egg yolks and icing sugar.
3. Place the blackberries in a oven dish and tip over the mascarpone mixture.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes
5. Meanwhile to make the batter, place the self raising flour in a bowl and whisk in enough cider to create a batter, to the consistency of double cream.
6. Coat the apple pieces in the plain flour and then dip in to the batter.
7. Shake off excess batter and deep fry in the hot oil for 2-3 minutes, or until golden brown.
8. Carefully remove using a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
9. Serve a couple of the apple rings together with a generous spoonful of the hot blackberry and mascarpone cream and dust with caster sugar.
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